The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-04-08

City, and He Is Worth S4.O0O,OOO.
Charles Green-The Lucas Family-A
Mining Syndicate.
Especial Correspondence
ST. LOUIS, March "A.
"If were only rich," cries struggling hui
manity, "then would do thus and so" How
| to become rich is the problem all are trying
to solve, and the success of the chosen few
stimulates the grand army OF dollar hunters.
st. Louis has her quota Of millionaires, some
born rich, others who have acquired riches,
but none have heen discovered who have had
riches thrust upon them. Nearly all are en-
terprising, though several have bloomed as it
were, and gone to seed, content to cling to
what they have, which they find very diff
cult in these days of litigation. For
years st. Louis has tortured Chicago
by calling public attention to the fact that
eastern capitalists held mortgages on the
most valuable real estate in the Garden City,
and then pointing with pride" to the fact that
all st. Louis was built by home capital and
that her citizens had dollars galore in their
Golfers The reference to ST. Louis contains
agreat deal of truth.
Probably the wealthiest man in this city is
Gerard B. Allen, and his pile is put down as
4,000, ,000 To the disheartened young
mechanic the rise of Mr.! Allen conveys a les
son. He began life some fifty years ago as a
moulder and worked at his trade for several
years. He became dissatisfied with lift
ing moul.ls-but. it is not on record
whether he strickland opened small foun-
dry for himself From that small plant has
grown the immense fortune which he now
possesses. He owns large quantities of the
most valuable real estate in the city, is large
stockholder in all important enterprises, and
owns the controlling interest in The Missouri
Republican. Mr.. Allen is very plain man
of simple tastes, and personally looks after
his business enterprises. He lives in grand
stone mansion on Chestnut and Twenty ninth
streets, is not what is called clubable, but
lives and transacts business like the million
aire of ante bellum days.
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Somewhat similar in character but more
modern in his methods is Charles Green, the
owner of the st. Louis Fair grounds, st.
Louis Jockey club and several street rail-
ways. Mr.. Green is passionately fond of the
turf, and two seasons ago opened, in con-
junction with his fair grounds, and ZOO
logical gardens, one of the best appointed
race courses in the city. The SEATING capacity
of the grand stand is 50000 and there was
double that number of people on the ground
last June when Miss Woodford, Voiante and
Trouhadour ran for the Eclipse stake with
$1,000 added by Mr.. Green. The great
St Louis fair has national reputation, and
Mr.. Green made it. Lberality in the matter
of purses and premiums is one of his prin-
md il ho foir off thol1-
sands of visitors from the country, and the
week is set apart for carnival Tie Yelled
Prophet" makes his annual visit the Tuesday
of fair week. and the "Veled Prophets b;di
the same evening in the chamber of COM
merce is the social event of the year. Mr..
Green was born in Ireland fifty years ago
and arrived here in 1857, beginning at the
very bottom of the ladder, Besides his other
ertr"''': as be Co"'' q" n lar~e real e"' >
business His onIy luxurious taste tends
toward horseflesh, and he drives the best
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Among the miilionaires here who were
born rich the male members of the Lucas
family are the most prominent The parental
grandfather, who was FfeEclllnan, call. TO
st. Louis more than 100 years ago i'll Il ciiuoe,
and purchased few sqnare miles of territory
in what is now the business Center OK tue city
from the Indians for a shotgun and d lew
beads. The chief characteristic in the pa
ternal grandfather was his ability to stick.
Cahokia and Alton, Ills, were larger towns
than st. Louis, but the paternal grandfather
could not be induced to let go. He left many
millions to his sons, and as the city spread
the property increased until at the death of
James FL. Lucas the estate was worth $10,-
600, The four boys-Bill, Rob, Joe and
r. &In~,,
million each. Henry is a lover of athletics,
and started the Union Baseball association to
compete with the league, and then was ad-
United to the league and managed a club for
two years and quit His baseball experience
cost him over 100000, and his ambition in
that direction has been crushed. He is now
engage, in the lucrative pursuit of collecting
rents, though lie recently met with some dis
astrous financial setbacks in other enter
prises. The other brothers still retain what
they received, and, considering the average
business venture too risky, are contented to
draw their income and take life easy.
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The most startling thing In the millionaire
line, and one that was genuine surprise to
the people of this city, was the sudden, unex-
pected requirement of great wealth by syn
dictate known as the Granite Mountain Mining
company. Not quite four years ago two
men-Charles Clark and G.. d. McClure-who
had formerly resided here and led rather
precarious existence, returned from Montana,
where they had been examining mining
properties. 1t appears they had examined
and secured an option to purchase property
called the Granite mountain mine The
price was $4,000 and ON their return
here they had 250.0O0 shares of stock
issued and tried to hoat it at
twenty-five cents share to get the money
to purchase and develop the mine
The public We're afraid Of it, ald no assur-
ances could shake their skepticism. The two
men worked hard for months, and finally Ell
listed the aid of L. M. Rumsey, well known
who took 10000 shares; Paul
amount; John r. Limberger, q banker, who
took 40 600, and the rest was scattered in
smaller lots.
The work of development was begun and
another "big bonanza" exposed. The stock
went up in rapid jumps, and after the first
mill was put in a dividend Of twenty FIVE
,ents a share a month was paid ON the stock.
1t is now quoted at $65 share and it is pay
ing thirty-fve cents month dividend. The
above quotation makes the valls of the mine
III the capital stock nearly $40 100000, and
,wo-thirds Of it is owned by the gentlemen
lamed. Messrs Clark and Mcclure have near
y 81, 900 shares between them and draw nearly
month in dividends They pur-
,hased an entire block of the most valuable
cal estate on Washington avenue a few
weeks ago, and Clark is erecting $4,000
esidence in Vaixiewinter place
Everything here is granite mountain. We
AVE the Granite Mountain '.seta in society,
iranite Mountain cigars, the Granite Noun
ain stake at the running meeting, the Gran
te Mountain baseball club Verify, the
who cometh up Like hemushroom,
J is great demand. JOHN FAY.
Sporting Gossip.
zee that Chicago is likely to have the next
TX days go-as-you-please race, instead OF